Multiple choice

Question 1

“Mills referred to the combination of political, business, and military leaders who dominate the country as”

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Power Elite

Question 2

“The collective value of social networks and the inclinations to do things for each other that arise from those networks” is a definition of”

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Social Capital

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“The process by which choices are made regarding resource allocation and economic and social policies are pursued” is a definition of”

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Politics

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“The claim that government power is held exclusively by a small, well defined group is known as”

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Elite Theory

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“A ““New England Town Meeting”” is often cited as an example of”

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Direct Democracy

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“The means by which a society organizes itself and allocates authority” is a working definition of”

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Government

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That people with shared interests will form groups to pursue those interests politically is central to the idea of

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Pluralism

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Close connections with others which leads to a willingness to interact and help them is referred to as

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Social Capital

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“The ability to influence ““institutions, leaders and policies”” is the text’s definition of”

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Political Power

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Goods and services available to all but which are of limited supply are called

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Common Goods

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Delegating decision making authority to elected officials rather than citizens deciding every issue directly is at the core of

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Representative Democracy

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Young Americans are..

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likely to reject patisan politics

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“Established beliefs and ideas that help shape policies and politics”” is a basic definiton of”

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Ideology

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Goods and services available to all (and often provided by the Government) are called

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Public Goods

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“Beliefs and preferences people are not deeply committed to and that change over time”

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Latent Preferences

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“The ability to influence ““institutions, leaders and policies”” is the text’s definition of”

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Political Power

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“According to the text in which country does Democratic political and Socialist economic forms, co-exist?”

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Sweden

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“Because they developed in tandem, what do many Americans equate with Capitalism”

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Democracy

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Close connections with others which leads to a willingness to interact and help them is referred to as

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Social Capital

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“Strong support for, or even blind allegiance to, a particular political party” is known as

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Partisanship

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Madison’s notion of “ambition countered by ambition” is central to which constitutional idea

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checks and Balances

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A system with a single legislative chamber is known as

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Unicameral

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Which of the following was a key division between states that dominated the discussion at the Constitutional Convention

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Slave/NonSlave States

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The first system of government in the United States was known as

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The Articles of Confederation

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The text sets up a dilemma at the center of the design of the Constitution. This is the balance between

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Individual Liberty and Social Stability

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Allowing states to count 60% of their slave populations for purposes of taxation and representation is known as the

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3/5ths Compromise

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Which of the 13 original states was last to ratify the Constitution?

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Rhode Island

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Shays' Rebellion demonstrated

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The weakness of the national government

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Because it was easier to control one man as opposed to many Alexander Hamilton argued people should not fear

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A powerful President

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What were primarily written to convince the State of New York to approve the Constitution?

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The Federalist Papers

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What was added to the Constitution in 1791?

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The Bill of Rights

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Article I Sec 8 of the Constitution sets out

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Enumerated Powers

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Powers that the Consitution intended to be exercised by the states are known as

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Reserved Powers

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"Coin Money, Declare War and Conduct Foreign Affairs were the main powers of the national government under"

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Articles of Confederation

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The process of the states approving the new governing constitution is called

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Ratification

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Opponents of the 1787 Constitution are known as

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Anti-Federalists

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What were primarily written to convince the State of New York to approve the Constitution?

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the Federalist Papers

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Political system where power rests in the hands of elected representatives and is authorized by the people rather than a monarch is called

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A Republic

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Division of power between different LEVELS of government is known as

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federalism

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Where do local governments get @37% of their income

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Federal Govt and State sources

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Reporting campus crime statistics at colleges and universitites which receive federal funds is required by

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The Clery Act

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Where does the Federal Government get most of its income?

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Individual Income Taxes

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Powers shared by both State and National Governments are called

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Concurrent

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In a unitary system of government

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Sub National governments are dependent upon National Government

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When states compete to attract business by lowering taxes and regulations, often to workersâ detriment it is called

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The race to the bottom

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The elastic clause

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Grants Congress very flexible powers in carrying out its Constiutional duties

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"The ""New Deal"" of the 1930s embodied many of the practices characteristic of"

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cooperative Federalism

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Federal and State Governments operating in clearly defined areas of exclusive authority is known as

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Dual Federalism

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Which group does the text suggest'Title IX" has benefitted greatly since 1972?

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Female Student Athletes

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Protections agains double Jeopardy and self incrimination are part of the

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Fifth Amendment

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Mapp vs Ohio set out the basic components of the

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Exclusionary Rule

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What was the Framers' initial attitude to a Bill of Rights

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They thought it unnecessary

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The case of Johnson vs Texas involved which amendment?

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The First

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The analogy of a "wall of separation" is sometime used when referring to the?

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Establishment Clause

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That rights not spefically delegated to the Federal government are retained by the States is specified in the --X-- amendment

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Tenth

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The idea that a neutral judge must determine if the detention of an individual is legal is known as

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Habeus Corpus

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The idea that suspects must be informed of their rights prior to questioning was established by

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Miranda vs Arizona

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A test used by the courts to establish the constituionality of a law making it harder for women to seek abortions

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Undue Burden Test

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Which of the following is not covered by the First Amendment

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Fair Trial

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The Heller and McDonald cases were important in establishing current Court interpretations of the --x-- Amendment

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Second

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Probable Cause is used to

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Justify a search

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An example of De Jure segregation is?

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Deliberate segregation based on law or policy

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"Legal claims to equal treatment by government" is central the definition of?

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Civil Rights

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Court decisions which extend the protections of the Bill of Rights to states are understood as part of

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Selective Incorporation

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Government support for particular religious views is usually ruled as a contravention of the

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Establishment Clause

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The case of Schenck vs the United States gave rise to which well known phrase?

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Clear and Present Danger

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What does the Constitution say about Privacy?

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It is not specifically mentioned

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"Freedom of Speech, Press, Assembly and Petition are usually grouped together as freedoms of "

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Expression

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Civil Rights are best understood as

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Guarantees of equal treatment by Government

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Civil Liberties are best understood as

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imitations on the power of government

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Some actions (eg Wearing an armband/burning a flag) are considered

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Symbolic Speech

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Protections agains double Jeopardy and self incrimination are part of the

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Fifth Amendment

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The case of Johnson vs Texas involved which amendment?

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The First

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Redressing discrimination based on race or ethnicity is the purpose of

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Affirmative Action

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"The ""Declaration of Sentiments"" was important to which Civil Rights movement"

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Women

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The rights of citizens to equal treatment is the core of the definition of

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Civil Rights

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Which Constitutional Amendment contains the Equal Protection clause

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14th

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Government restrictions on who may have children were justified for many years on the basis of

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Eugenics

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The forced relocation of the Cherokee Nation from Ga to OK was known as

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Trail of Tears

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Executive Order 9066

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Imprisoned Japanese Americans

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Caesar Chavez was one of the leaders of which primarily immigrant group

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Agricultural Workers

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An action which violates the law to demonstrate the unjustness of the law is know as

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Civil Disobedience

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"The ""equal protection clause"" is part of which amendment"

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The Fourteenth

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Criminal acts directed against someone because of that personâ s sex, gender, sexual orientation, religion, race, ethnicity, or disability

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Hate Crime

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Lawrence vs Texas (2006) decriminalized

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Homosexual Sex

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A term adopted by some Mexican American civil rights activists to describe themselves and those like them

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Chicano

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De Jure segregation refers to

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segregation enshrined in law

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Brown vs Board of Education reversed the precedent set by

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Plessy vs Ferguson

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State and Local laws which reinforced segregation and undermined voting rights for African-Americans were known as

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Jim Crow laws

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A New York bar, often identified as the origin of the modern Gay Pride movement

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Stonewall Inn

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6/30/1978 was the date the ratification process expired for

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The Equal Rights Amendment

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Electoral dominance of one party (Dems) in the South gave rise to

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White Primaries